After a short break, the boys are back — and you’re getting two episodes this week. Welcome to Episode 5 of Like Father Like Son, where the sporting world has been anything but quiet.

🏉 The Father–Son Rundown AFLW finals are set, the AFL Wildcard is heating up, the Ashes prediction battle is tight (with Dad just edging it), and a flood of AFL news drops — from Zach Merrett stepping down to early draft standouts. Plus updates from cricket, F1, football, and even Tenpin Bowling as Blake Walsh cracks the Top 32.

👏 Dad’s Praises & Son’s Sprays Jack Miller impresses, Melbourne United surge, Steph Curry keeps defying age, and the Thunder amaze — but Manchester United and Zak Crawley land in the firing line.

📊 Father–Son Report Card Ashes Perth Test grades: Starc shines, Head dominates, Crawley collapses, and Doggett delivers.

🧠 Old School vs New Rules Should cricket scrap the bouncer? The boys compare modern safety debates to changes in hockey.

🔥 The Sunday Roast Has Test cricket moved past its prime — or does it still matter?

🔁 The Trade Time Machine A blockbuster historical trade gets revisited and re-judged.

💪 Dad’s Guts vs Son’s Stats Ashes predictions: runs, wickets, Player of the Series, and even the next Essendon captain.

💥 Under the Pump Dad targets the AFL’s evolving finals series; Son puts Charles Lee under pressure.

Plus: Dallas GM gone, Euro qualifiers, Jack Della Maddalena upset, NRL ban chaos, and more.

Another huge week of sport — two generations, two viewpoints, one cracking podcast.